A NEW ROBUST ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF CHINA WITH SCANSORIAL ADAPTATIONS | |
Wang, Min1,2; O'Connor, Jingmai K.1; Zhou, Zhonghe1; Wang, M (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origin, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China. | |
2014 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY |
ISSN | 0272-4634 |
卷号 | 34期号:3页码:657-671 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | We describe a new enantiornithine bird, Fortunguavis xiaotaizicus, gen. et sp. nov, from the Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits of the Jiufotang Formation in northeastern China. The new taxon has a strongly dorsoventrally bowed furcula indicating that enantiornithines evolved furcular morphologies in parallel with ornithuromorphs. The new specimen has very robust limbs compared with other enantiornithines and has an unique foot morphology with metatarsal II much shorter than metatarsal IV, robust pedal digits, and strongly recurved pedal unguals. Although recurved unguals characterize Enantiornithes, the extreme curvature present in Fortunguavis suggests scansorial specialization in this species. These features hint at a unique ecology for this taxon and further increase the known diversity of body plans in Early Cretaceous enantiornithines. |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
关键词[WOS] | MESOZOIC BIRDS ; AVES ORNITHOTHORACES ; GANSU PROVINCE ; AVIAN FLIGHT ; SAPEORNIS-CHAOYANGENSIS ; ORNITHUROMORPH BIRD ; NORTHWESTERN CHINA ; ORNITHURINE BIRD ; EARLY EVOLUTION ; FOSSIL EVIDENCE |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
项目资助者 | National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB821906]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41172020]; Chinese Academy of Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Paleontology |
WOS类目 | Paleontology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000336244600013 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/5194 |
专题 | 古低等脊椎动物研究室 |
通讯作者 | Wang, M (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origin, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China. |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origin, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Min,O'Connor, Jingmai K.,Zhou, Zhonghe,et al. A NEW ROBUST ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF CHINA WITH SCANSORIAL ADAPTATIONS[J]. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY,2014,34(3):657-671. |
APA | Wang, Min,O'Connor, Jingmai K.,Zhou, Zhonghe,&Wang, M .(2014).A NEW ROBUST ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF CHINA WITH SCANSORIAL ADAPTATIONS.JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY,34(3),657-671. |
MLA | Wang, Min,et al."A NEW ROBUST ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF CHINA WITH SCANSORIAL ADAPTATIONS".JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 34.3(2014):657-671. |
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